Category: History & Life Story

THE RISE AND FALL OF AL CAPONE, THE MOST INFAMOUS ...

In 1920 during the height of prohibition, Al Capone’s multi-million dollar Chicago operation in bootlegging, prostitution and gamb...

SHEHU USMAN ALIYU SHAGARI, THE FIRST DEMOCRATIC PR...

Shehu Usman Aliyu Shagari, GCFR and holder of the title, Turakin Sokoto, was the first democratically elected President of Nigeria...

REMEMBERING NIGERIA'S 2011 POST-ELECTION RIOT, THE...

Presidential elections were held in Nigeria on 16 April 2011 after they were postponed from 9 April 2011.

THE SAINT-MICHEL-DE-MAURIENNE DERAILMENT, THE WORS...

Trains have been around for over 200 years, but their immense size and power are still impressive to behold. The average modern pa...

WORLD WAR I: SIX KEY BATTLES FOUGHT ON THE AFRICAN...

World War I commonly brings to mind scenes of Europe in conflict—the first Battle of the Marne, the siege of Verdun, and the blood...

MALLEUS MALEFICARUM, THE TREATISE THAT SPUR WITCH ...

The Malleus Maleficarum, usually translated as the Hammer of Witches, is the best known treatise on witchcraft written by the Germ...

THE MOST FRAUDULENT ELECTION IN HISTORY

As the Nigerian Presidential and National Assembly election which held Saturday, February 25, 2023, continue to generate mixed rea...

ANYONE TELLING YOU ERI IS THE FIRST IGBO MAN IS JU...

The myth and oral history about the Eri which elders told was that he fell from the sky when the earth was still not strong and me...

MEET AFRICA'S AND THE WORLD'S YOUNGEST SERVING LEA...

In recent years there has been a subtle surge of politicians in their 30s and 40s winning leadership roles in Africa, one of them ...

THE 1668 NORTH ANATOLIA VS THE 2023 TURKEY-SYRIA E...

Did you know that in the February 6, 2023 earthquake that struck Turkey and Syria, more than 4,800 people were killed and more tha...

THE "BLACK SUNDAY" OWO CHURCH MASSACRE, DEADLIEST ...

Did you know that there have been 34 separate attacks in Nigeria on church premises in 2022, and that the Owo Catholic church atta...

TWELVE YEARS A SLAVE: A SUMMARY OF THE MEMOIR OF S...

THE END OF DERICO NWAMAMA :

THE 444 DAYS IRANIAN HOSTAGE, ONE OF THE LONGEST I...

ILE-IFE IS THE OLDEST KINGDOM IN NIGERIA, NOT BINI

SIR DAWDA KAIRABA JAWARA, GAMBIA'S FIRST PRIME MIN...

THE FACE OF SARAH BAARTMAN 

MAO ZEDONG'S GREAT LEAP FORWARD, ONE OF THE WORLD'...

THE SPARE: HERE IS ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT PRIN...

RECORD BREAKERS: AROUND THE WORLD IN 3 DAYS